Diversity & Equity

The University of Louisville strives to foster and sustain an environment of inclusiveness that empowers us all to achieve our highest potential without fear of prejudice or bias. We commit ourselves to building an exemplary educational community that offers a nurturing and challenging intellectual climate, a respect for the spectrum of human diversity, and a genuine understanding of the many differences-including race, ethnicity, gender, socio-economic status, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, and religion-that enrich a vibrant metropolitan research university.
We expect every member of our academic family to embrace the underlying values of this vision and to demonstrate a strong commitment to attracting, retaining, and supporting students, faculty, and staff who reflect the diversity of our larger society.

The President’s Diversity Vision Award recognizes cumulative efforts to advance diversity and inclusion at the University of Louisville since the inception of the Diversity Plan: Achieving Our Highest Potential in 2003. Awards will be based on annual performance or other criteria to be established. The Presidential Exemplary Multicultural Teaching Award is designed to affirm, value, honor and recognize members of the University teaching staff who have incorporated multicultural and global perspectives into their scholarship, teaching practices and research.

We commit ourselves to building an exemplary educational community that offers a nurturing and challenging intellectual climate, a respect for the spectrum of human diversity, and a genuine understanding of the many differences-including race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, age, socioeconomic status, disability, religion, national origin or military status-that enrich a vibrant metropolitan research university.

We commit ourselves to building an exemplary educational community that offers a nurturing and challenging intellectual climate, a respect for the spectrum of human diversity, and a genuine understanding of the many differences-including race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, age, socioeconomic status, disability, religion, national origin or military status-that enrich a vibrant metropolitan research university.

The University of Louisville celebrates its diversity and willingly assumes its position as both a leader in academe and the community. The University of Louisville demonstrates its commitment to gender equity through a record of accomplishment in recruitment, development, and retention of women. Women are clearly visible and active in key leadership and decision making positions at all levels of the University. The University of Louisville is a model for all citizens of the Commonwealth, demonstrating that each individual can maximize her or his potential, regardless of gender or race.